TO ensure that the lives of Nigerians are taken seriously and basic amenities provided, the law firm of Bamidele Aturu & Co. has concluded plans to organise its fifth annual law and social development public lecture. The lecture, which will hold on October 29, at 11 a.m, at the Banquet Hall, Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, has the theme Social security: taking the lives of Nigerians seriously. A release signed by constitutional lawyer, Aturu disclosed that renowned political scientist, Professor Adele Jinadu,… Read more

But for the vigilance of some hawkers at Ijora, Lagos, who witnessed the accident, one Emeka Nwoji would have still been searching for his 18-year-old brother he sent on an errand. It all happened on August 21, when 42-year-old Abdulateef Babatunde, the driver of a Volkswagen bus marked JJJ23XB and knocked down, Jeremiah Samuel, who later died in the hospital. After waiting for several days without seeing Jeremiah whom he had just brought from Ebonyi State, Nwoji went in search of him. Some… Read more

Since his appointment as Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on April 6, 2010, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) has earned more criticisms than praises from the people. He was appointed by then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to replace Michael Aondoakaa, who was controversy personified while in office, following the death of President Umar Yar’Adua. Many thought with Aondoakaa’s exit, the office would be controversy-free but that has not been the case. The situation is also not helped by a government reputed… Read more

Justice Florence Duroha- Igwe of an Imo State High Court, Owerri has restrained the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), his Assistant (AIG) in Zone 9, Umuahia and Julius Berger Plc, from arresting a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Emeka Ozoani Also restrained are ASP P.S NJoku of Zone 9 and DCP Zone 9, Peter Ogunyanwo. The order will subsist pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice filed by the applicant. Justice Duroha-Igwe issued the order restraining the respondents or their agents from… Read more

A Lagos High Court, Ikeja, has heard how a couple allegedly stole N239,999,349.23, belonging to Clarion Bonded Terminal Limited and betrayed the trust reposed in them by other directors. Innocent and Bernadine Eloka are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing of N239,999, 349.23 belonging to the company preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Testifying before Justice Habeeb Abiru, the Chairman, Clarion Bonded Terminal Ltd, Mr Jude Igbanugo, said the couple took advantage of their… Read more

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Ali, has donated an electronic library to his alma-mater, the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. He was also honoured by the students, reports JOSEPH JIBUEZE The Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State had a reason to rejoice last week. An ultra-modern electronic library was donated to them by an alumnus, Yusuf Ali (SAN), to whom giving is a way of life. Just recently, the Accident and Emergency Unit… Read more

MESSRS Anthony Zikora Ozodinobi, M.B.W Dogo-Muhammed and Imo Ekpo have won the maiden edition of Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais Public Service Award. The awards were presented to them at a lecture organised by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. In his welcome address, Chairman of the Award screening committee, Chief Solomon Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) said: “I welcome everyone here to this very first lecture and award presentation of… Read more

Some members of the Labour Party (LP) at the weekend defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The leaders of the three groups that defected at Ipesi-Akoko in Akoko South East Local Government are Kunle Olowo, Rotimi Olanrewaju and Aminu Isiaka. Isiaka led the Ebira group. He said the Mimiko administration is a failure. He urged people to support ACN for good governance. The defectors were received by an ACN chieftain and a former commissioner, Solagbade Amodeni. They assured… Read more

The International Bar Association (IBA) ended its 2012 Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland last Friday with a resolve to working towards strengthening the legal profession and encouraging the world’s governments to uphold the rule of law. The conference, which held from September 30 to October 5, had over 200 sessions with a fabulous line up of world leading experts as guests at the showcases, lectures and interviews. There were 5,200 delegates. Nigeria is said to have had the largest contingent… Read more

Text of a paper delivered by former Chief Economic Adviser to the President Chief Phillip Asiodu at the Muhammadu Lawal Uwais Public Service Award Lecture organised by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) in collaboration with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) No fault of theirs. Most of the comments on the past in our media since 1966 have been self-denigrating and abusive of the national psyche. Let us remind ourselves that throughout British Colonial Rule the annual revenue of the… Read more

Edo State Coordinator of FADAMA III Project, Mrs. Judith Momodu, on Monday said farmers benefiting from the project lost billions of naira to flood in the state. Momodu said the entire rice production belt in Edo was washed away by the flood which affected three local government areas in the state. In a chat with our correspondent, the coordinator disclosed that some of the things destroyed by the flood include facilities used by the farmers for their activities. She said many of… Read more

After floods submerged their communities, washing away farmlands and threatening their temporary shelters, residents of about 22 clans in Ndokwa-East Local Government Area of Delta State are looking up to the federal and state governments for help. “Nearly all of Aboh, headquarters of the council, is submerged and there is concern about the traditional ruler, Obi Imegwu II, who is in dire need of evacuation now,” Hon. Oyibosochukwu Mike Nwabueze, a former Deputy Chairman of the council, told Newsextra on… Read more